Francois Mitterrand: A Political Biography

by David S. Bell

Book Overview

Francois Mitterrand was one of the giants of post-war French politics - a master tactician whose political career spanned more than four decades from wartime occupation to decolonization, the Cold War to European integration. As President, elected twice, he enjoyed an unprecedented fourteen years in office, bringing the left to power and demonstrating that it was a credible governing coalition over some ten years. When he died in 1998, Mitterrand...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745631045
• ISBN13: 9780745631042
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"